After finally getting our hands on one of these rare instruments we just knew we had to sample it!

Syncussion Drums by Wave Alchemy captures the Pearl Syncussion unique sonic character by offering no less than 1885 carefully recorded 24-bit drum samples.

Sampling the Syncussion

Our goal was to record a versatile collection of drum hits from one of the rarest and most powerful drum synths ever made...

We worked extremely hard to capture the raw sound of the Syncussion SY-1 by recording both a huge selection of dry/unprocessed drum hits as well as a variety of round robin samples and velocity variations.

On top of this we recorded a wealth of sounds directly through our boutique selection of analogue outboard processors and high-end pre-amps.

Additionally. a number of sounds were re-sampled through our EMU SP-12 Turbo to obtain a more lo-fi and gritty sound.

Last but by no means least we visited the world of analogue tape (a Wave Alchemy first) by recording over 800 drum hits to 1/4?tape via a Studer A80 Mk1 tape machine!